The first 1,000 days, the period from pregnancy to two years of age, are critical for early childhood development.
As part of SPRING/Senegal’s multi-sectoral nutrition strategy, hygiene monitoring teams known as dynaset-setal groups conduct regular home visits to ensure that households meet basic hygiene standards. Dynaset-setal is a Wolof phrase meaning “I commit to a clean environment” that emphasizes each group member’s role as a resource person and positive example of good hygiene practices in their community.
Yate is a mother in Tindo, Guinea whose young child was up the night before, sick from diarrhea. The next morning, she meets her neighbor Famata, who is shocked because the easy process of handwashing can help completely stop children from getting diarrhea. Famata tells Yate about the critical moments for handwashing and then asks her husband to show Yate their tippy-tap and to demonstrate how to properly wash her hands. Yate asks about washing children’s hands and Famata shows her.
SPRING/Sierra Leone created of a set of counselling cards to address key complementary feeding and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) behaviors for the Sierra Leonean context.
In September 2016, RCHP health promoters began using SPRING materials to teach hygiene classes in Jalalabad and Naryn oblasts to first- through fourth-graders who range from 6 to 10 years of age.
SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic works with media partners to develop and share videos on key nutrition messages across the country. This animated video encourages viewers to adopt improved handwashing and hygiene practices as part of a campaign for better nutrition.
SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic works with media partners to develop and share videos on key nutrition messages across the country. This animated video encourages viewers to adopt improved handwashing and hygiene practices as part of a campaign for better nutrition.
SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic works with media partners to develop and share videos on key nutrition messages across the country. This animated video shares the importance of properly washing and handling food to prevent contamination or worm infection.
SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic works with media partners to develop and share videos on key nutrition messages across the country. This animated video shares the importance of properly washing and handling food to prevent contamination or worm infection.